Disinfecting apparatus.



No. 634,490. Patented Oct. 10, $899.

n. s. WEST- DISINFEGTING APPARATUS.

(Application filed. Mar. 2, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

nonnn'r s. WEST, or oLEvELANn, orno.

DISINFECTING APPARATUS. t

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lilo. 634,490, dated October 10, 1899.

Application filed March 2,1899. Serial No. 707,434. (NoniodelJ To all whom it may concern.

, zen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfecting Apparatus; of

drawings, is a specification.

- This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements .in disinfecting apparatus. v

- The invention has for its object the construction of a device which shall becheap and simple in point of construction and that shall specially be adapted for delivering a liquid disinfectant automaticaily'in greater or less quantity, as may be desired.

Tothis end the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of the several parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partially-in Fig.

' A represents a sheet-metal case or receptacle provided with any suitable means by which it may be secured to the wall or other support. This case or receptacle is open at the top, and it is provided with the inwardlyprojecting ribs or lugs b, upon which the tank Bis designed to rest when in place. This tank B is provided with a removable neck C.

D represents a conductor-tube which projects throughthe bottom of the receptacle A, and E is an adjustable conductor. This conductor I preferably form by Weavin g or braiding a horsehair covering upon a copper or other wire which is bent into substantially the form shown. The longer and straight arm .of this conductor is placed within the conductortube and is designed to reach nearly to the bottom thereof, While the bent portion is intended to clasp the tube, so that the conductor may be readily adjusted vertically thereupon and for the purpose hereinafter described.

The operation of the device is as follows: The receptacle Ais secured to a suitable suprequired.

port and so that its conductor-tube D will be over the spot where the disinfectant is to be delivered. After the tank has been filled with the disinfecting liquid it is inverted and placed within the case A, resting upon the ribs 1), thus allowing the liquid to flow into the case A until it rises high enough therein to seal itself around the neck and submerge the outer portion of the conductorE. The liquid will climb up the exterior of the conduetor, pass down through the tube D, and escape therefrom drop by drop, more or less frequently, as may be determined by the vertical adjustment of the conductor. It will readily be understood that the higher the condoctor above the surface of the liquid the slower must be the delivery, and when lowered such delivery will be faster. The coin I ductor can be readily adj usted by inserting a pencil or stick in one of the openings o and pushing the conductor up or down, as may be It will be'observed that the conductor does not extend to the bottom of the case A, but is just below the surface of the liquid. In

top above the sediment which may accumu late at the' bottom of the case, and as the liquid travels up and over the surface of the conductor instead of through it, as is the case Where a fabric wick is employed, the con= doctor remains clean and does not easily be+ come fouled.

What I claim as my invention is The combination in a disinfecting appara= tns of an outer case A, provided with a con ductor-tube projecting through its bottom, an inverted receptacle 13, within said case, and provided with a removable neck 0, the outlet of which is below the plane of the in ner end of said tube D, and an adjustable conductor E, the parts being constructed, arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT. S. WEST.

Witnesses: I

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. OOLE.

7S thisposition it draws the liquid from near the 

